Center for Authentic PLCs: Daniel R. Venables shares this resource resource for teachers, teacher leaders, and school and district administrators who are interested in implementing authentic PLCs that truly impact student learning, both in terms of how many and how much kids learn.

National School Reform Faculty: Search "professional learning communities" and access multiple resources, including protocols for implementing professional learning communities.

PLCWashington was developed to help implement, support, and sustain meaningful professional learning communities in schools. PLCWashington is built on the premise that PLC work becomes a structure for professional development in schools, the work engages staff in a collaborative process, and the process is focused on student learning and instructional practice.

Increasingly, educators speak of professional learning communities (PLCs) as a potent school improvement strategy that melds staff development practices with well-focused school change processes to improve student learning. On SEDL site (SEDL, an affiliate of American Institutes for Research, is a nonprofit education research, development, and dissemination organization based in Austin, Texas), you will find links to the following resources: